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Samsung Gave Apple Stiff Competition in the US in 2015: Report

Parks Associates, a research and consulting firm, reports that Apple dominates the market share in the United States with 40 percent capture in 2015. The company right below it, however, isn't so far away. According to the firm's numbers, Samsung accounted for 31 percent of the market in 2015. It adds that a third of iPhone users own a model that's more than two years old, compared to 30 percent of Samsung users.

From the article "Samsung Gave Apple Stiff Competition in the US in 2015: Report" by Manish Singh.

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